Essay About Flooding Of East Coast And Aftermaththe Projectthe Flooding Of The East Coast

The Flooding of East Coast: The Aftermath
PROJECTTHE FLOODING OF EAST COAST: THE AFTERMATHThe projectThe flooding of the East Coast was a major tragedy for this country. It saw homes, businesses, and lives ruined by it. On a positive note it also witnessed the coming together of the people to help in whatever way they could. Donation drives were immediately put into action and volunteers came forward in droves to assist. Coverage from the media was extensive. Nonetheless, it’s hard for those who have not experienced a natural disaster to understand the vortex of emotions involved; the cameras usually leave soon after the crisis peaks. We have yet to hear the stories of the people. This project will tell their stories of how they are trying to rebuild their lives and their communities and to recover from these devastating events. The only heroes are the communities and the people.The story should depict the human angle apart from facts and figures and statistics. It should capture the impact and dimensions of the event by humanizing its effect.The aimTo have our students hear their stories To help the rest of us to understand their plight and painTo document these and tell everyone their storyTo provide information to those wanting to help or continuing with their relief worksFor agencies to look into long term measures and create contingency plansExecutionNumber of students: approx. 125. Students will be placed in groups of 10Students will have to identify villages/small towns. Depending on the size of the village and the proximity, maybe 2 or 3 could be targeted.Students will be taken to these villages. Due to the large number of students, it could be over 2 Saturdays and due to budget constraints, it will be full day trip. 5 groups will go on 1 Saturday and another 5 on the following Saturday. (on the 25/4/2015. 3 buses going to Temerloh)  Some of the issues the students will be addressing when they go to the villages are –Collecting data – Population (ages, gender etc), main and other sources of income, monthly income per household, school going children and non-school going, losses sustained as a result of the flood etc.Interviews/surveyWhat was their life before the floods, challenges faced after the floods, how are they coping with the situationAssistance and aid given, sufficiency of the assistance and aid and expectationsStudents are encouraged to record, videotape, take photos etc. Students will compile the information and As a group, present it at the Group Oral PresentationAs a class, prepare, organize and showcase this at an Exhibition to be held at a venue (tbc). Arrangements will be made for media coverage and a book with photos to be published.